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Bizet - Je crois entendre encore - Alain Vanzo

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Uploaded on Sep 28, 2007

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Bizet, Georges
(1838-1875)

Je crois entendre encore
Romance, No. 4,
Nadir's aria from Act I of the French opera, Les Pêcheurs de Perles
Libretto : Michel Carré and Eugène

Score here:
http://www.schubertline.co.uk/Scorchs...

My favorite version of this aria.. Sung with Vanzo's delicate, beautifully light and sensitive style, IMHO, this recording is the best "Je crois entendre encore" of all time.

Synopsis:

In the past, Nadir had fallen in love with a beautiful Brahman priestess named Léïla at a Brahman temple. Now, a veiled priestess has come to his village and he recognizes her as Léïla. He sings of his love for her which has not been diminished by the time they have spent apart.

Original text:

Je crois entendre encore,
Caché sous les palmiers,
Sa voix tendre et sonore
Comme un chant de ramier!
O nuit enchanteresse!
Divin ravissement!
O souvenir charmant!
Folle ivresse! doux rêve!

Aux clartés des étoiles,
Je crois encore la voir,
Entr'ouvrir ses longs voiles
Aux vents tièdes du soir!
O nuit enchanteresse!
Charmant souvenir!

Translation:

I think I'm still hearing
Hidden under the palm trees
Her tender and sound voice
Like the song of a woodpigeon
O enchanted night
Divine rapture
O charming souvenir
Crazy intoxication! Sweet dream!

In the clearness of the stars
I think I'm still seeing her
Opening her long veils
To the warm winds of the evening
O enchanted night
Divine rapture
O charming souvenir
Crazy intoxication! Sweet dream!

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  • Remoxx

    You can enjoy being a music expert too, my friend. Knowledge is not a barrier but an infinte path.

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    in reply to felix gonzalez (Show the comment)
  • Zhak7

    I first heard it on Smallville (3x16). Now I can't get enough of it

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  • BanquetNZ

    Alain Vanzo - impeccable tenor, my preferred soloist for this song

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  • JMCTelQuel

    J'écouterais cette voix durant des heures et des heures. Magnifique.

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  • moniquebaumes

    C'est bouffée d,air pur que je viens de savourer

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  • claudine Gardères

    que c'est beau, quelle délicatesse...

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  • Romain BARBONI

    27 n'aiment pas... 27 ignorants

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  • colora40

    I have never heard his voice before.Beautiful,clear in high notes.

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  • varoujan78

    Il est tres facile de crier, plus difficile a etre doux et controller les poumons, Alain Vanzo a tres bien maitrise' cet art , ici il vient nous presenter parfaitement.Tendrement.

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  • varoujan78

    After listening Tino Rossi perform this magnificent piece I wanted the words, thanks million times to the uploader Georges Bizer was already one of my favorites

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  • mjarc1

    I was not a fan of opera but lionel luthor of smallville made me... lol

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  • roxalys mendez

    Gigli, Kraus , Vanzo no se por cual decidirme mi alma esta llorando de sublime alegría, grandes maestros.

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